Paul Lewis

As CTO, Paul Lewis drives Pythian’s technology strategy, helping customers leverage and scale their data and cloud assets to deliver valuable business outcomes throughout their digital transformation journey. In addition, Paul steers technical innovations that continue to expand partner relationships. As a 25+ year global CTO and technology executive, Paul is well-known in the industry for his impassioned technology evangelism, client executive advocacy, and technological and business strategy, particularly as it relates to digital transformation and operational IT strategy.

AI Enablement

Pythian wins Atlassian’s AI and Innovation Leaders Award

We are proud to announce that Pythian has been officially recognized at Atlassian Team ’26 as a winner of the ...

Google Workspace

Google AI & Nvidia: The Three Operating Planes of AI & The Invisible Force Connecting Them

Why “AI Gravity” determines where Google and NVIDIA win In 2026, the AI conversation has shifted. We’ve moved past ...

AI Strategy

Manufacturing the future: How Sanmina is scaling AI

In the world of high-tech manufacturing, complexity isn't just a challenge—it’s the baseline. For Sanmina, a Fortune ...

At Google Cloud Next, Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Pythian and Matt Ferrari, Lead of Platforms, Wayfair explored how one of the world’s largest homegoods retailers moved from legacy gridlock to AI-driven agility.

AI Strategy

The Retail Revolution: How Wayfair is using AI to shape the future of online furniture shopping

The retail landscape is no longer just about having the best product on the shelf; it’s about having governed data that ...

Schnucks, a fourth-generation family-owned grocer, discussed with us at Google Cloud Next 2026 how a strategic shift toward AI and automation is empowering their multigenerational workforce.

AI Strategy

Beyond the cart: How AI is transforming grocery store operations

The grocery industry has long been defined by razor-thin margins and intense manual labor. From the back-office hum of ...

Prioritizing AI architectural replaceability in the enterprise | Paul Lewis, CTO, Pythian joins SiliconANGLE and The Cube

AI Strategy

From AI implementation to impact: Mastering enterprise AI in the modern workplace

The dust has finally settled on Google Cloud Next 26, and if there is one definitive takeaway, it is this: the era of ...

AI Strategy

The Definitive Definition of Production AI: Moving from Pilot to ROI

What is Production AI? Moving Beyond the Pilot “Production AI is the deployment of AI solutions into core business ...

Data

The IT Emergency Room: Why Incident Management is the Heartbeat of Your Business

In the world of technology, we often celebrate the "builders"—the architects designing new systems and the developers ...

AI Strategy

The CIO’s Mandate: Blinking Lights, Business Models, and AI for IT

Modern business survival requires that leaders fundamentally understand IT. It is no longer enough for IT to simply ...

AI Strategy

Can You Build an AI for IT Ops Roadmap in Just 3 Days?

We are witnessing a massive shift in the mandate for CIOs. Most enterprise AI initiatives die in the boardroom. They ...

AI Strategy

Is Your Business AI-Ready?

Technology doesn't wait. With the tech landscape moving so quickly, "keeping up" simply isn't enough.

Google Cloud Next

Google Cloud Next 2025 Announcement on AI Agents

Google Cloud Next 2025 has come and gone, in a matter of a week.

Google

The Value of AI Enterprise Search

Boost employee productivity, drive AI adoption: The Google Cloud Agentspace revolution for enterprise search.

Google Cloud

5 Keys to Success for Replatforming in Google Cloud

Replatforming is a crucial step for modernizing applications and infrastructure. This cloud migration strategy involves ...

Google BigQuery

Unfolding Excellence: Best Practices for Migrating Your On-Premises Data Warehouse to Google Cloud’s BigQuery

If you have big data, then you need big storage. And if you want to leverage that big data, then you’ll need to migrate ...

Google Cloud

Best Practices for a Smooth Transition to Google Cloud

You might be considering a migration to Google Cloud to boost the scalability, flexibility, security, or ...

Oracle

The Power of Three: How Pythian, Oracle, and Google Cloud’s Partnership Means Simpler Cloud Migrations

The Oracle Database@Google Cloud partnership is transforming (and simplifying) how companies manage and move their key ...

Google Cloud

Unlock the Power of Google Cloud: Why It’s Time to Get Off Traditional Databases

Is it time to finally move off your traditional database and into the cloud? Many traditional environments are ...

Google Cloud

Overcoming Common Challenges in Migrating Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

If you’re looking to support digital transformation, futureproof your business with the latest technology and ...

Analytics

Top 10 Benefits of Migrating Your Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

Migrating traditional databases isn’t just about saving money and scaling resources. It’s about evolving your business ...

Google Cloud

How Gemini for Databases Can Optimize Performance with Generative AI

Generative AI isn’t just for composing emails and creating presentations; the power of AI is also coming to databases. ...

Cloud

The DBA’s Future Role in Driving Digital Transformation

The CTO's decision to drive digital transformation forward will impact the role of the DBA. The role of the DBA is ...

Google

My Top 10 to Tune In To at Google Cloud Next 21

Are you a developer wanting to integrate gamification for your colleagues’ reward strategy? Or a CEO focused on better ...

Google Cloud

How to Migrate VMware to Google Cloud

If you’re planning to migrate VM workloads from your data center to Google Cloud, or from one cloud to another, it may ...

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Oracle AI Data Platform (AIDP): No-Nonsense Platform Overview

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Google Workspace

AI in the Workplace: Employee Productivity & Sentiment Survey

2025 employee survey on the use of AI In November 2025, Pythian, a professional services ...

Google Workspace

Is Agentspace good for non-Google shops?

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Using Multi-Agent Reasoning for NLP-to-SQL

As data-driven decision-making becomes essential, access to that data shouldn’t require deep technical ...

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Oracle Data Integrator (aka Sunopsis) Now On OTN

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Paul Lewis

Posts by Paul Lewis

Pythian wins Atlassian’s AI and Innovation Leaders Award

Google AI & Nvidia: The Three Operating Planes of AI & The Invisible Force Connecting Them

Manufacturing the future: How Sanmina is scaling AI

The Retail Revolution: How Wayfair is using AI to shape the future of online furniture shopping

Beyond the cart: How AI is transforming grocery store operations

From AI implementation to impact: Mastering enterprise AI in the modern workplace

The Definitive Definition of Production AI: Moving from Pilot to ROI

The IT Emergency Room: Why Incident Management is the Heartbeat of Your Business

The CIO’s Mandate: Blinking Lights, Business Models, and AI for IT

Can You Build an AI for IT Ops Roadmap in Just 3 Days?

Is Your Business AI-Ready?

Google Cloud Next 2025 Announcement on AI Agents

The Value of AI Enterprise Search

5 Keys to Success for Replatforming in Google Cloud

Unfolding Excellence: Best Practices for Migrating Your On-Premises Data Warehouse to Google Cloud’s BigQuery

Best Practices for a Smooth Transition to Google Cloud

The Power of Three: How Pythian, Oracle, and Google Cloud’s Partnership Means Simpler Cloud Migrations

Unlock the Power of Google Cloud: Why It’s Time to Get Off Traditional Databases

Overcoming Common Challenges in Migrating Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

Top 10 Benefits of Migrating Your Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

How Gemini for Databases Can Optimize Performance with Generative AI

The DBA’s Future Role in Driving Digital Transformation

My Top 10 to Tune In To at Google Cloud Next 21

How to Migrate VMware to Google Cloud

Recent news

Pythian Recognized as a Top AI & Data Consulting Firm for 2026

Pythian Recognized as Silver Winner in UKOUG Data Integration Partner of the Year Awards 2026

Pythian Leaders Recognized on CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel List

Pythian and Three of Its Leaders Named Finalists for the 2025 CRN Women of the Year Awards

Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Fourth Consecutive Year

Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Again Named to CRN’s 2025 Women of the Channel List

Pythian Positioned as Oracle Database @ Google Cloud Leader with Acquisition of Rittman Mead

Pythian Doubles Down on AI-Readiness, Expanding AI Practice with Valuable Services and Expertise

Pythian Launches Agentspace QuickStart

Pythian Wins 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year for North America

Pythian and GigaOm Announce AI Partnership

Pythian Named Top Employer in Canada's National Capital Region for 2025

Pythian Welcomes Shawn Gandhi as Senior Vice President, Customer Engineering, and Country Managing Director for Canada

Pythian Announces New Oracle Database@Google Cloud Migration Services

Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Third Consecutive Year

Pythian Recognized on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List and DBTA’s 100 Companies That Matter Most in Data for 2024

Pythian Welcomes Brooks Borcherding as Chief Executive Officer

Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Honored by CRN on 2024 Women of the Channel Lists

Pythian Recognized as a Top Employer in Canada’s National Capital Region in 2024

Pythian Announces Generative AI Strategy and Offerings to Accelerate Enterprise Innovation

CRN Names Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons a 2023 Women of the Channel Power 80 Solution Provider

Award-Winning Marketing Veteran Christina O’Reilly Joins Pythian Services as Senior Vice President, Marketing

Pythian Makes Database Trends and Applications’ List of Trendsetting Solution Providers for 2023

Pythian Celebrates 25 Years of Enterprise Data, Analytics, and Cloud Success

Pythian India Achieves “Great Place to Work” Certification After Building High-Trust, High-Performance Culture

Pythian Named One of ‘The Companies That Matter Most in Data’ by Database Trends and Applications Magazine

Vanessa Simmons from Pythian Named on CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel Power 70 Solution Providers List

Pythian Named Partner in Launch of Google Cloud Cortex Framework

Pythian’s SAP Services Practice Grows by 300 Percent in 2021

Pythian Renews Google Cloud Infrastructure Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Services Recognized on CRN’s 2022 MSP 500 List

Pythian Renews Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Sets Company Record with Over 100 New Customers in 2021

Pythian’s CTO Paul Lewis Featured Commentary Published by InformationWeek

How to Modernize Backup Without Breaking the Bank

Pythian Launches FinOps Managed Services

Pythian Acquires SAP MSP Partner ManageServe

Pythian Taps Seasoned Cloud and Data Expert Paul Lewis as CTO

Pythian Achieves Managed Services Provider Status In the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Keith Angell: Accelerating Enterprise Growth With Data And Analytics Through Remarkable Leadership

Pythian Achieves the Data Management Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Adds Snowflake Data Cloud Services Suite

New CEO Keith Angell: Pythian Services A ‘Golden Nugget’

Pythian Appoints Keith Angell As CEO

Pythian Services Acquires Google Cloud Premier Partner Agosto

Pythian Announces Support For AWS Outposts As A Launch Partner

Pythian Wins 2018 Google Cloud Data Analytics Partner of the Year Award

Pythian achieves Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian achieves Cloud Migration Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian achieves Google Cloud Platform Partner Specialization In Infrastructure

Pythian recognized as the winner of the Microsoft Canada Application Innovation IMPACT Award

Pythian’s Vice President of Business Development recognized as one of CRN’s 2018 Women of the Channel

Pythian recognized as a leader on the 2017 IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 List